WHITELAW H.

Given Names:  Henry Butt

Service Number:  6840

Unit:  1st Battalion, 22nd reinforcements                                                                          

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

Age:  28 Yrs  1 Mth

Occupation:  Stockman                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10½ In                

Weight:  170 Lbs

Chest:  34½-37½ In

Hair:  Auburn

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  12/10/1916

Place:  Cootamundra

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Thomas Whitelaw

, Kew, Victoria  

Embarkation Date:  8/11/1916

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  SS Port Nicholson

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Port Darwin                                     

Embarked:  1/11/1918                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  1st Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  8/4/1918                         

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  59636

Victory Medal:  57997

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1888

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Thomas Lloyd WHITELAW          

Mother:  Rosa BUTT

MARRIAGE

Year:  1928     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Julia SHEPHERDSON

DEATH

Date or Year: 13/2/1942                          

Place: Kew, Victoria           

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 8/5/1917; shrapnel wound, head

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Kew

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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